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by colanderman 4858 days ago
Because government has "legal" and real power to kill you if you don't do what you are told.

No they don't. Not at all. You're making stuff up.

Ignoring extrajudicial killings ordered by the Obama administration (which I believe to be immoral and illegal) and states with the death penalty, the government does not have the legal right to kill citizens for breaking the law.

If you violently try to resist arrest, yes, you will likely be at least tasered (best case) or shot (worst case). But it's disingenuous to ask for a government which does not respond violently when threatened with violence.